- Company Name
- Kamakura Koki Co.
- CEO
- Toshiya Kamakura
- Head Office
- 1-15-17, Nishiki-cho, Warabi city, Saitama, 335-0005, Japan
- Share capital
- 48 million yen
- Establishment
- January 1950
- Number of employees
- 195 (total number of employees in Japan)
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- Domestic
- Meiwa Plant
- 1087, Yajima, Meiwa-machi, Oaza, Ora-gun, 370-0712, Gunma
- Kamakura Hanamaki
- 70-1, Bungo, Kamineko, Hanamaki-shi, Iwate, 025-0043, Japan
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- Overseas
- KAMA-TECH CORPORATION
- 3451 Main Street, #109 Chula Vista, CA.91911 U.S.A
- Kamakura Optical (Dong Guan) Co.
- First Industrial Zone #523932, South Fence, Humen Town, Dongguan City,
Guangdong Province, China
- KAMA-TECH (HK)
- Suite 4, 9/f, Tower 3, China Hong Kong City, 33 Canton Road, TST, Kowloon,
Hong Kong
Our History
- 1950Establishment of Kamakura Koki Co.
- 1953 Began manufacturing binoculars.
- 1963 Moved headquarters and factory from Kita-ku, Tokyo to Tsukagoshi,
Warabi city, Saitama and expanded operations.
- 1965 Developed wide-view binoculars and achieved mass production.
- 1972 New factory established in Nishiki-cho, Warabi city, Saitama.
- 1974 First focus mechanism developed.
- 1978 Meiwa Plant established in Meiwa-machi, Ora-gun, Gunma.
- 1982 Insta-zoom and spotting scope (compact type) developed.
- 1984 Received investment from Small and Medium Business Investment &
Consultation Co. capitalized at 48 million yen.
- 1985 New head office building and expansion of head office and Meiwa Plant.
- 1987 Established KAMA-TECH CORP. in San Diego, USA, and started production
and after-sales service of waterproof binoculars.
- 1990 KAMA-TECH (HK) was established in Hong Kong. Consignment production
of binoculars begins in Conrida, Guangzhou, China.
- 1992 Developed and sold auto-focus binoculars equipped with electronic
circuits.
- 1992 Received Good Design Award and Special Award from the Director-General
of the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency.
- 1994 Kamakura Optical (Dong Guan) Co. Started integrated production.
- 1999 Received Good Design Award and Special Award from the Director-General
of the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency.
- 2003 Capital participation in Laser Technology, Inc. in USA.
- 2004 Selected as one of the "300 Vigorous Manufacturing Companies"
by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
- 2004 Received Nikkan Kogyo's "International Contribution Award".
- 2014 Started development of anti-vibration technology (image stabilization)
and patented as "Image Stabilization Device.
- 2015Launched monocular with anti-vibration mechanism.
- 2017 Begins sales of anti-vibration binoculars.
- 2021 Received the 33rd Small and Medium Business Excellence Award for New
Technology and New Products in the General Category.
- 2021 New head office building established in Nishiki-cho, Warabi City,
Saitama, Japan.